# Senior MSK Physiotherapist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-msk-physiotherapist/2b3ed817-019b-44bc-af3f-bfeb1d0a96fa - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-msk-physiotherapist/2b3ed817-019b-44bc-af3f-bfeb1d0a96fa.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** London - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Physiotherapist - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £55,524 - £62,652 per annum incl. Outer HCAS (pro rata if P/T) - **Contract type:** 9 months (Fixed term contract) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (ECP various sites) - **Closing date:** 2026-08-03T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-20T09:03:31.388Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Central_North_West_London_NHS_Foundation_Trust/AHP_Physiotherapy/AHP_Physiotherapy-v8166653 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8166653?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview - To provide clinical expertise in the treatment of patients with musculoskeletal problems and in the education and supervision of less experienced members of the musculoskeletal team. - To support the management of the musculoskeletal team to deliver and develop high quality seamless musculoskeletal services in primary and acute care settings. ### Main duties of the job - To provide a comprehensive service to patients with physiotherapy need at a variety of locations. Skills required include: - Management of patients with complex musculoskeletal, orthopaedic and rheumatological disorders and conditions - Advanced manual therapy and therapeutic exercise skills. - Extensive knowledge of patient self- management and education - Excellent communication with consultants, GPs and other healthcare professionals is essential in providing a holistic approach to patient management - To initiate and participate in the development of new ideas and the evolution of existing systems within Primary care and hospital based musculoskeletal services. - To provide structured supervision, in line with ERS guidelines, for more junior members of the team. - To carry out annual appraisals and subsequently create professional development plans with more junior members of the physiotherapy team - To provide specific advanced level teaching for more junior members of the team. - To organise, coordinate and deliver training for GP’s and other healthcare professionals as required. - To be responsible for helping to plan service development and implementing decisions. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities - To provide a comprehensive service to patients with physiotherapy need at a variety of locations. Skills required include: - Management of patients with complex musculoskeletal, orthopaedic and rheumatological disorders and conditions - Advanced manual therapy and therapeutic exercise skills. - Extensive knowledge of patient self- management and education - Excellent communication with consultants, GPs and other healthcare professionals is essential in providing a holistic approach to patient management - To initiate and participate in the development of new ideas and the evolution of existing systems within Primary care and hospital based musculoskeletal services. - To provide structured supervision, in line with ERS guidelines, for more junior members of the team. - To carry out annual appraisals and subsequently create professional development plans with more junior members of the physiotherapy team - To provide specific advanced level teaching for more junior members of the team. - To organise, coordinate and deliver training for GP’s and other healthcare professionals as required. - To be responsible for helping to plan service development and implementing decisions. - To deputise for musculoskeletal team leads, in their absence, with regards to day to day management tasks. Examples of tasks included: - Checking new referrals against the teams referral criteria - Dealing with problems/issues as they arise and passing things on to more senior managers as required - Support and liaison with the admin/booking teams - To lead on the planning and clinical education of undergraduate students in the physiotherapy team - To participate in the recruitment process of more junior members of the physiotherapy team - To participate and lead, when appropriate, in the monitoring of activity and audit of Musculoskeletal physiotherapy service. - To autonomously assess and diagnose patients with a diverse range of Musculoskeletal, orthopaedic or rheumatology conditions, using appropriate assessment/diagnostic techniques, skills and tools. - To autonomously create individual treatment plans using a variety of appropriate physiotherapy treatment regimes for a range of patient groups including patients with complex and multiple musculoskeletal and medical problems. - To adopt a problem solving approach, engaging patients and carers in their treatment plan, negotiating on agreed outcomes, gaining consent and educating patient on self-care. - To evaluate and review treatment outcomes to facilitate discharge of patients. - To deliver care in a range of settings including clinics, GP surgeries and acute hospital as required. ## Person Specification ### KNOWLEDGE **Essential** - Relevant post-graduate courses completed or commenced - Awareness of research methods, patient outcomes, clinical governance and audit - Good general background knowledge of orthopaedic conditions and their management - High level knowledge of musculoskeletal conditions and their management, specifically spinal pain - Knowledge of pain management strategies for chronic conditions **Desirable** - Participation in research, outcomes, clinical governance and audit ### EXPERIENCE **Essential** - Good general experience, plus some specialist experience in musculoskeletal out- patients - Have participated in in-service training - Have been involved in service training evaluation/initiated service change **Desirable** - Experience of having sole responsibility for supervision of staff and students - MDT working within Trust ### SKILLS AND ABILITIES **Essential** - Good communicator - Excellent organisational skills and time management - Thorough/reliable - Good problem solver Able to work independently as a sole practitioner in GP surgeries - Able to work independently as a sole practitioner in GP surgeries ### EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS **Essential** - Graduate Diploma \[P\]hysiotherapy/BSc Physiotherapy or equivalent level - HCPC Registration **Desirable** - CSP membership Special interest group membership ## Documents - [cnwl values (pdf, 182.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1162) - [cnwl staff charter (pdf, 684.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2868) - [cnwl staff networks (pdf, 320.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1160) - [person specification (pdf, 208.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10468234) - [band 7 msk physio jd and ps (pdf, 208.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10468233) - [cnwl reward and wellbeing handbook 2020 (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1773) - [cnwl culture scarf behaviour framework (pdf, 710.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2869) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.